Improvement in gravel-cars



T. C. HENDRY.

Dumping Car,

Patented Dec.j13,' `1359;`

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UNITED STATES PATENT y OEEICE.

TI-IoMAs o. HENDEY, oE ooNYERs, GEORGIA, AssIeNoR To HIMSELE AND J. DILLwoETH AND E. E. AsKIN, oF SAME PLACE.

l |MPRovEMENT IN eRrwEL-cins.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 26,460; dated December 13,1859.

To if/ZZ 'rv/71,0112, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C, HENDRY, of Conyers, in the county of Newton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Gravel-Car for Railroads; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specitication,in which- Figure l is a side View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of saine, taken in the line Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of same.

Similar letters of reference rindicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a gravel-car which may have its load readily discharged simultaneously from both sides, and which may be constructed in a strong and durable manner at a reasonable cost.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it. s

A represents the car-bed, which is of rectangular form and mounted on wheels B, as usual. The bed A has two central longitudinal bars a, a, between which the buffers C work. The bottom of the car is formed of two inclined planes D D, the elevated ends ot' which are at the center of the car, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The end pieces E E of the car-body are vertical and permanently secured in proper position.

The upper part of the end pieces E E of the body of the car are connected at each side by a rod F, and to these rods t-he side doors G are hung and allowed to swing freely, the doors extending down to the lower part of the inclined planes D D of the bottom. To each end ot' the side doors G G arod H is attached, and the inner ends of these rods at one end ot the car are connected to the opposite end ot a bar I, which is connected at its center to the framing of the body byabolt ci.. The" rods H at the opposite endot the body are connected to a hand-lever J at opposite sides` of its fulcrurn b, as shown at c c. (See more particularly Fig. 2.)

From the above description it will be seen that by elevating the lever J both the doors `G G will be thrown open simultaneously, as

shown in red in 2, and "the load discharged Yby its own gravity f rom each inclined plane D. The doors G G are closed by depressing the lever J, and are retained in a closed state by a catch d, which is attached to'one of the uprights e of thebody of the car.` .The

catch d prevents the lever .I from casually rising; but when the doors"G G are inl both an opened and closed state the points of at# tachment of the rods H to `the bar I and lever .I are nearly in 1in`e,and this has a tendency y to prevent the casual movement of the doors from either an open or closed state.

The bed A of the car may be framed in anyV proper way to insure strength and-durability. The bodyisot Wood, as also is the bed A. The` butters C are of metal, and also the rods H, bar I, and lever J By this arrangement the car may be constructed at a very reasonable cost, and will be much `more durable than` those arranged with tilting bodies.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let? ters Patent, is-n The Combination of the doubieieiinedbbtj toni D D and swinging doors G G, the latter be-` ing operated bythe rods H, bar I, andlever J, l

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

H. P. ALMAND, G. B. ALMAND.

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